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[lpetersson]

So, today is my last day with HSBC Insurance Brokers.
It has been mildly interesting although working with NT4 and Novell has been frustrating.
It'll be interesting to see what the next client will bring...

I have also decided that the best way to get rid of my overdraft was to re-finance the loan I'm currently paying off.
This gave me an idea. Since there are a couple of things I'm saving up for, I asked the nice people at the bank if they would mind giving me a bit more so I could buy these things which would enhance the quality of my life.
They agreed.
So behold, the next stage of Operation: Hairless Monkey is a go.
These nice people will be lasering my back and shoulders tomorrow morning. Although yesterdays attempted suicide bombings were horrible and despicable it meant that there were a lot of cancellations at the Oxford Circus clinic so I could go for an initial consultation :)
Test lasering went fine and as I have been told before, my pain threshold for my back is apparently high so I shouldn't need anesthetic cream.

Since I needed a few other things, I also decided it was time to get a new camera and some ties :)
Unfortunately I'm now discovering how difficult it is to get hold of Amazon, because the memory card I ordered is set to arrive between 30/07 and 08/08 which would be a bit late for me.
Incompetent fools.

Comments

[blakeshell.livejournal.com]

um, I have a fairly nice camera, and am in sore need of cash. Interested?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Sorry, too late.
I ordered my camera yesterday...

[blakeshell.livejournal.com]

just chcked, my camera is the ixus 30. I could probabally let it go for £140. I like it so I'm not burning to sell it, but if it works for you...

[cbr-paul.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we use Novell in our workplace. It can be a bit of a pain, but isn't so bad once you get used to it. Irelly should have mentioned that on my CV. Which O/S do Morse use then?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Since it's client support, anything is good :)

[haloj.livejournal.com]

NT4 and Novell! Cool!

Novell used to be great! Went a bit ropey about version 5 when they started introducing TCP/IP into the equation and also a shity kind of active directory called NDS.

Used to be very good with Novell. I havn't used it now for years though. I may dig out my old server CD's and install that at some point.

[muftak.livejournal.com]

lol, never seen anyone saying that tcp/ip is a bad thing before. netware will be a lot better now it's running on top of linux :P

[haloj.livejournal.com]

Just the initial implementation Novell did was ropey as hell.

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

And that's the one we use here :)
all the infrastructure is about 10 years old...
Version 4.9

[cbr-paul.livejournal.com]

We're using vers 6.1 at my place, and it seems to run OK. It's just the Microsoft applications that tend to throw a spanner in the works (no suprise there!)

I AM BORED

[vrghost.livejournal.com]

Any way, that is why I have decided to bless livejournal with my net loitering. Its tricky to feel interested to do get work done once one has handed in his notice. And to prove the managements good understanding, now that I am to leave, my last project is to write all the conversion systems for our client and billing databases, I am really interested in getting that done, and get it to extract data correctly. The big question is, should add the company "Harrys sex toys" or "the cocaine bubblegum project" as a legal entity that automatically gets 6.66% of all gains from other entities? Maybe thats something to set up a online vote for?

Anyway, I did actually have something of value to write.
I can lend you a small Compact Flash card (256) if you want to borrow it. In that case just send me a sms